Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Burkhard, P R
• Catalano-Chiuvé, S
• Gronchi-Perrin, A
• Berney, A
• Vingerhoets, F J G
• Lüscher, C

Titel

Impulse control disorders and Parkinson's disease

Ist Teil von

• Revue médicale suisse, 2008-05, Vol.4 (156), p.1145

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A variety of behavioral disorders occurring abruptly in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) has been recently published and attracted considerable attention in the press. Taking the form of pathological gambling, compulsive shopping, addiction to Internet and to other recreational activities, hypersexuality or bulimia, impulse control disorders (ICD) related to PD are probably more frequent than previously appreciated and may have consequences as spectacular as disastrous for the involved patients. ICD are currently viewed as particular adverse reactions to antiparkinsonian medications, notably to dopamine agonists, and, accordingly, tend to improve or disappear when PD therapy is appropriately adjusted.